Total Crime Rate

131.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.2 5/10
  • Burglary 15.5 10/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Metcalf Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Altham , and the 105th highest crime rate of 269 local areas in Hyndburn .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Metcalf Drive (BB5 5TU) in the last 12 months was 131.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% higher than the Altham average (91.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Metcalf Drive (BB5 5TU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laneside, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnley Road (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Metcalf Drive area

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